Countee Poems | Examples


Eerie Contact

C-ontagion
O-f
U-nknown
N-astiness
T-erribly
E-mploys
E-erie

C-ontact
U-sing
L-ethal
L-ink's
E-pidemic
N-otoriety

Topic: Birthday of poet Countee Cullen (May 30) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Categories: countee, birthday, poets,
Form: Acrostic

Couplet Ode

C-ouplet 
O-de 
U-ses 
N-o 
T-irade 
E-xpressing 
E-xcellent 

C-omment 
U-nder 
L-ovely 
L-ines 
E-rasing 
N-egativity 

Topic: Poet (Countee Cullen) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Categories: countee, poets,
Form: Acrostic


Premium MemberFor Countee Cullen--And the Lady He Knows

This is a parody of a poem by Countee Cullen displayed in my notes.


She thinks that Blond number seven
Will make her Zza Zza Gabor.
The herbal facial was like heaven;
The back rub was a chore.
Categories: countee, humor, parody, satire,
Form: Light Verse

More Encouragement To Writers

You out there in the darkness
Picking up your pens
Need encouragement from the Lower East Side
Surely you can writing something as imaginative as Tolkien 
Funny as Woody Allen
As moving as Countee Cullen. So pick up your pens 
and write 
send it to poetrysoup.com
No, you probably won't be able to quit the day job
Or maybe you will!
Categories: countee, writing,
Form: Free verse

To Poets Who Died Young

John Keats, Countee Mcullen 
    both died at an early age 
Personally, I am quite grateful that 
  I have made it to 61 
Yet. I salute those poetic souls 
    who got their message across 
   Before the nightfall we all face 
The fate of mankind  
    may be a story 
which is coming to a close 
Global warming may close the chapter on us 
    Before sleep tonight, think of those poets 
who died young 
   Willing to sacrifice so they 
  so they could get their message across 
And who enriched the human experience 
   for all those who read their powerful words
Categories: countee, environment, poets,
Form: Concrete


Keith Edward Baucum

Hello my name is Keith Edward Baucum.
I am a black male who was born on the 
day of July 10, 1982.
I'm the youngest out of my mother's seven 
children.
I am from Laurinburg North Carolina.  I 
still live in Laurinburg North Carolina.
My interests are education, poetry, African
 
American studies, African culture, 
literature, visual arts.
My favorite poets are Marcus Garvey, 
Phillis Wheatley, Tupac Shakur, Langston 
Hughes, Maya Angelou, Paul Laurence 
Dunbar, and Countee Cullen.
I would like to publish a book of poems, 
stories, quoets, and writings.
I am 31years old and as single as one can 
be.
I have no children.
The type of music I like are hip-hop, R&B, 
rap, soul music, reggae music, and gospel 
music.
I'm a Christian and I'm a black 
nationalist
My mailing address is po Box 792 
Laurinburg North Carolina 28352
 Written by Keith Edward Baucum Aka Red 
Seven aka The Brown
Philosopher aka The Green Poet
Categories: countee, black african american, ,
Form: Blank verse

Claude Mckay

Countee Cullen knew you, and you nectared him
Lambent voice when Harlem was wrapped in night
Artist and rebel, African singer of Grecian hymn
Umbilical to Jamaica, nightingale in Nietzschean flight
Deny not the laurels I lay at your feet
Encourage me to measure as I sing your feat.

Mentor of Langston from the village desk
Chronicler of blackness in its untenderness
Kingston remembers your ballads and text
Ark of nation language, before the temptress
Yarned with the tongue that feeds our bitterness.
Categories: countee, art
Form: Acrostic
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